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English 11 Lit Terms

Authored by Jacqueline Bass

English

11th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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English 11 Lit Terms
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is:
 a story in which characters, setting, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.

allegory
allusion
atmosphere

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is 
a reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion politics, sports, science or some other branch of culture

allusion
foreshadowing
ambiguity
irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is 
a technique by which a writer deliberately suggest two or more different, and sometimes conflicting meanings in a work.

ambiguity
flashback
allusion
dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is 
the mood or feeling created in a piece.

atmosphere
symbol
point of view
metonymy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is 
a way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or the inhabitants of a certain geographical area.

dialect
motif
allegory
flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is 
Literary word choice.

diction
dialect
point of view
paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is 
a scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened in an earlier time.

flashback
atmosphere
allusion
situational irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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